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Man held over warning shot

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:12:01 GMT

A shooter from Cambridgeshire was recently arrested on suspicion of a firearms offence

Rural crime gets organised

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:03:04 GMT

A new NFU Mutual insurance survey reveals an increase in rural crime as organised thieves get more sophisticated

BASC submits evidence to Parliament

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:07:12 GMT

After submitting written recommendations to the HASC, BASC seeks to give oral evidence on firmarems control

Firearms control: deadline for submissions extended

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:04:44 GMT

Shooting community crashes Westminster computers as deadline for firearms control submissions is extended.

Woodcock status hangs in the balance

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:34 GMT

Shooters are called on to log woodcock sightings as a decline in reports risks a change in conservation status

Wet weather worries for partridge shoots

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:05:29 GMT

As unsettled weather postpones the wheat harvest, shoot owners fear delays to the start of the partridge season

Rural housing

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:10:21 GMT

Local say on rural housing

RSPB's flawed harrier survey

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:01:49 GMT

Calls are being made for the withdrawal and review of the RSPB's North of England Hen Harrier Community Consultation

Grouse moors inject £52.5m into Welsh and English uplands

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:03:30 GMT

A new report reveals the growing role for grouse shooting in the conservation and economy of our upland landscapes

DEFRA to freeze Higher Level schemes

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:13:20 GMT

Speculation mounts that DEFRA will restrict HLS and sell National Nature Reserves and Forestry Commission land

Working dog thefts double in past year

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:05:33 GMT

DogLost reports a preseason surge in gundog thefts as Shooting Times launches its free lost-and-found dog service

Last chance to get involved

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:02:47 GMT

The deadline for shooters to present their evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on firearms control is fast approaching

League launches Video

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:09:41 GMT

A video showing footage taken from a day's driven patridge shoot was launched by the League Against Cruel Sports on 12 August

League to sell land “to fund hunting campaign”

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:11:54 GMT

Anti-fieldsports group announces it is to offload some of its sanctuaries to raise funds to protect the Hunting Act

Diversionary feeding a success on Royal Deeside

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:06:50 GMT

Driven grouse shooting returns to Glen Tanar estate after a successful programme of diversionary hen harrier feeding

Wheat prices soar: shoot feed bills rise

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:05:11 GMT

The global wheat prices hit nearly £170 per tonne earlier this month — BASC urges shoots to review efficient wheat use

English grouse up 56 per cent

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:14:42 GMT

The GWCT forecast a record-beating red grouse season

Young Scottish Keeper 2010

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:04:38 GMT

A young keeper from the Cawdor estate wins the Scottish Gamekeepers Association award after conservation success

US shooters fear lead ban

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:10:09 GMT

A petition has been submitted to the American Environmental Protection Agency seeking a lead ammunition ban

Coastal path confusion

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:00:13 GMT

DEFRA refutes claims that plans to build the All England Coastal Path have been shelved

Grouse shooting generates £23million

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:43:10 GMT

New GWCT study reveals economic benefi ts of Scottish grouse to the rural economy as the 2010 counts come in

Farmer, 72, assaults lamper

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:10:13 GMT

A man pleaded guilty last week to assault after attacking a lamper

GWCT launches new grouse service for moor

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:01:31 GMT

New research-led initiative at the CLA Game Fair

Northern Ireland shooters fight tail-docking ban

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:12:30 GMT

Exemptions for working gundogs sought as BASC calls for urgent lobby of committee before debate in September

Farmland bird index falls to lowest level

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:01:32 GMT

Wild birds - DEFRA figures reveal a 53 per cent decline since 1966